Employment Contracts · glossary

Notice period

The warning one side must give the other before the job ends. Esme’s is one week during probation and at least 6 months, in writing, after it. The law’s minimum is shorter, so the Contract’s longer period applies. Contract 19.1 · Chapter 7 · see Garden leave, Payment in Lieu

Explained in Chapter 7, Notice, Garden Leave and Payment in Lieu of Notice, of Employment Contracts.

Also explained in Legal Due Diligence.

How it comes up, in Chapter 7
The notice period is the warning one side must give the other before the job ends. During probation it is one week either way. After probation, the Contract sets it at six months, in both directions…
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